For Safety’s Sake Don’t Do This: Saw Through Someone Else’s Rope
An experienced climber makes the mistake of lowering over another team's rope.
Climbing Ropes
The main function of climbing ropes are to break the falls of climbers while making a small impact of force. It is important that ropes for climbing are dynamic, so they are able to stretch upon impact to avoid a sudden breakage. Choosing the right climbing rope can be daunting because of the several different choices in diameter and lengths. Other factors that differ between climbing ropes are weight, static elongation, dynamic elongation, and sheath. Read more about rope reviews, and general information about climbing ropes.
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Probably not, but it does several other things quite well!
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Our picks for the best gear of 2020.
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Check out Kate Kelleghan's author page.
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Our top climbing gear picks of 2019
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Check out Matt Samet's author page.